Note: Students must buy or borrow 5 books - marked by a * below. In addition students will read a selection of shorter works which will be distributed in class.
*George Basalla, The Evolution of Technology, Cambridge, 2002. (c 200)
Maxine Berg and Kristine Bruland (eds.), Technological Revolutions in Europe, Historical Perspectives, Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 1998. (handout).
Kristine Bruland: “Technology”, P.N. Stearns, Encyclopedia of European Social History, Vol. 2, 2001, pp. 13-22. (handout)
*David Edgerton, The Shock of the Old. Technology and Global History since 1900, Oxford University Press, 2011. Paperback, 288 pages. (c 260 pp)
*Daniel R. Headrick, The Tools of Empire. Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century, New York, Oxford, 1981. (c. 195 pp)
*Daniel R. Headrick, Technology. A World History, Oxford, 2009. (c 80 pp)
MacKenzie and Wajcman : ? Introductory Essay ?, The Social Shaping of Technology, Milton Keynes, Philadelphia, 1990. (handout)
*Mokyr, Joel, The Lever of Riches. Technological Creativity and Economic Progress, New York, Oxford, 1990. ISBN 13: 9780195074772. (c. 270 pp)